[1, 2, 3] Triazolo [1, 5-a] quinolinium (7),[1, 2, 3] triazolo [1, 5-b] isoquinolinium (8), and [1, 2, 3] triazolo [1, 5-a] pyrazinium salts (9) when heated in trifluoroacetic acid and/or 1, 2- dichlorobenzene undergo valence bond isomerization to ring-opened reactive intermediates (eg, 8 gave 13) which can participate in (i) electrophilic substitution as nitrenium cations to yield pyrazole-and indazole-fused new heterocycles (eg, from 13, 14, and 15 are formed),( ...